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<DIV><FONT size=3>Our Rocky, who is now ten and a half, is having major back
problems. He was having great difficulty getting his back end up the other
day and his vet took xrays and found that he has a problem between his lumbar
and thoracic discs and also some arthritis between the adjoining discs. He
is on robaxin and dexamethasone for two weeks. He's been on them for six
days plus injections of them the day before. He seems quite a bit better
at times but at other times, like right now, he has a lot of trouble getting up
and moving. We were told that after two weeks, he should stabilize and the
problem area between the discs will harden and not be painful to him anymore
although he will lose some mobility. I might not be getting this exactly
right but that's the general idea. He is such a big sweetheart and we
really hate to see him in pain. He is not supposed to jump up on furniture
or get excited and run around and he has always been one to take care of himself
when he's hurting. He had surgery on both front legs when he was about six
months old and taught himself to be careful while he was recovering from
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<DIV><FONT size=3>My question is has anyone tried acupuncture on their basset
for this or any other problem? We are willing to give it a try if we
get any idea that it might help him. Looking it up online, it seems like
it might help him. I haven't asked our vet about it yet and I'm not sure
what he'd think of it. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3>Any input will be greatly appreciated.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3>Carol </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3>Rocky (I am such a good boy)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3>and Maddie (I don't know why Rocky doesn't want to play with
me anymore)</FONT></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>